Zambia Hotels
Hotels in Zambia are often required by people who need accommodation in the nation. Some may need to have a holiday or vacation in the nation so they may need a place to stay. Some may want to have a hotel so they can work in the nation. There are many different causes of why people to Zambia. Some may want to work, study, or do business deals in the nation. Some may want to have a hotel room in the nation so they can see entertainment, sporting, cultural and historical events in the nation. Some may want a cheap or luxury hotel in the nation.
In the Zambezi basin, there are a number of major rivers flowing wholly or partially through Zambia: the Kabompo, Lungwebungu, Kafue, Luangwa, and the Zambezi itself, which flows through the country in the west and then forms its southern border with Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Its source is in Zambia but it diverts into Angola, and a number of its tributaries arise in Angola's central highlands. The edge of the Cuando River floodplain (not its main channel) forms Zambia's south-western border, and via the Chobe River that river contributes very little water to the Zambezi because most is lost by evaporation).
Two of the Zambezi's longest and largest tributaries, the Kafue and the Luangwa, flow mainly in Zambia. Their confluences with the Zambezi are on the border with Zimbabwe at Chirundu and Luangwa town respectively. Before its confluence, the Luangwa River forms part of Zambia's border with Mozambique. From Luangwa town, the Zambezi leaves Zambia and flows into Mozambique, and eventually into the Mozambique Channel.
The Zambezi falls about 100 metres over the 1.6 km wide Victoria Falls, located in the south-west corner of the country, subsequently flowing into Lake Kariba. The Zambezi valley, running along the southern border, is both deep and wide. From Lake Kariba going east it is formed by grabens and like the Luangwa, Mweru-Luapula, Mweru-wa-Ntipa and Lake Tanganyika valleys, is a rift valley.
The west of Zambia is very flat with broad plains, the most notable being the Barotse Floodplain on the Zambezi, which floods from December to June, lagging behind the annual rainy season (typically November to April). The flood dominates the natural environment and the lives, society and culture of the inhabitants and those of other smaller, floodplains throughout the country.
Eastern Zambia shows greater diversity. The plateau which extends between the Zambezi and Lake Tanganyika valleys is tilted upwards to the north, and so rises imperceptibly from about 900 m in the south to 1200 m in the centre, reaching 1800 m in the north near Mbala. In the east, the Luangwa Valley splits the plateau in a curve north east to south west, extended west into the heart of the plateau by the deep valley of the Lunsemfwa River. Hills and mountains are found by the side of some sections of the valley, notably in its north-east the Nyika Plateau on the Malawi border, which extend into Zambia as the Mafinga Hills, containing the country's highest point, Kongera. The Muchinga Mountains, the watershed between the Zambezi and Congo drainage basins, run parallel to the deep valley of the Luangwa River and form a sharp backdrop to its northern edge, although they are almost everywhere below 1700m. Their culminating peak Mumpu is at the western end and at 1892m is the highest point in Zambia away from the eastern border region. The border of the Congo Pedicle was drawn around this mountain.
The southernmost headstream of the Congo River rises in Zambia and flows through its north firstly as the Chambeshi and then, after the Bangweulu Swamps as the Luapula, which forms part of the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Luapula flows south then west before it turns north until it enters Lake Mweru. The lake's other major tributary is the Kalungwishi River, which flows into it from the east. The Luvua River drains Lake Mweru, flowing out of the northern end to the Lualaba River (Upper Congo River).
Lake Tanganyika is the other major hydrographic feature that belongs to the Congo basin. Its south-eastern end receives water from the Kalambo River, which forms part of Zambia's border with Tanzania. This river has Africa's second highest uninterrupted waterfall, the Kalambo Falls.
Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west. The capital city is Lusaka, located in the southeast of the country. The population is concentrated mainly around the capital and the Copperbelt to the northwest.
Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia. It is located in the southern part of the central plateau of the country, at an elevation of 1300 m. Lusaka was the site of a village named after its headman Lusaka, which, according to history, was located at Manda Hill, near where the Zambia's National Assembly building now stands. In the Nyanja language, Manda means graveyard. The area was expanded by European (mainly British) settlers in 1905 with the building of the railway. In 1935, due to its fairly central location, its situation on the railway and at the crossroads of the Great North Road and Great East Road, it was chosen to replace Livingstone as the capital of the British colony of Northern Rhodesia.
Cities, towns and villages in Zambia
Achitende, Chadiza, Chama, Chavuma, Chembe, Chibombo, Chiengi, Chililabombwe, Chilubi, Chingola, Chinsali, Chinyingi, Chipata, Chirundu, Choma, Gwembe, Isoka, Itezhi-Tezhi, Kabompo, Kabwe, Kafue, Kafulwe, Kalabo, Kalomo, Kalulushi, Kanyembo, Kaoma, Kapiri Mposhi, Kasama, Kasempa, Kashikishi, Kataba, Katete, Kawambwa, Kazembe (Mwansabombwe), Kazungula, Kitwe, Lealui, Limulunga, Livingstone, Luangwa, Lufwanyama, Lukulu, Lundazi, Lusaka, Macha Mission, Mansa, Mazabuka, Mbala, Mbereshi, Mfuwe, Milenge, Mkushi, Mongu, Monze, Mpika, Mporokoso, Mpulungu, Mufulira, Mulobezi, Mumbwa, Muyombe, Mwinilunga, Namwala, Nchelenge, Ndola, Ngoma, Nkana, Nseluka, Pemba, Petauke, Samfya, Senanga, Serenje, Sesheke, Shangombo, Shiwa Ngandu, Siavonga, Sikalongo, Sinazongwe, Solwezi, Zambezi, Zimba
Find a Villa from Across Europe
Grand World Villas - Find a Villa from anywhere in the world
Grand Global Villas - Find Villas from Around the Globe
An Index with links to almost all our sites
Holiday
to - Great places to go on Holiday to
Holiday
to 2 - More Great places to go on Holiday to
Holiday to 3 - More places to go on Holiday to
Holiday to 4 - More places to go on Holiday to
lusaka hotels lusakan hotels lusacka hotels lusaka hotel lusaca hotels lusaka hotels hotels livingstone zambia losaka hotels loosaka hotels
Find some Cottages in Britain or Ireland and the world
A site stating what have been the world's largest empires ever
Find a Cottage in Britain or Ireland
Find more Cottages in Britain, Ireland, North America or the world